PHASE TWO AWARDEES ANNOUNCED

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PHASE TWO AWARDEES ANNOUNCED -

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The FAC is delighted to share a second wave of beneficiaries from our UK Artist Touring Fund (UKAT fund).

In total, 49 artists from across the UK - including A Certain Ratio, Amelia Coburn, Bel Cobain, Caoilfhionn Rose, Gen and the Degenerates, Girls Of The Internet, Ivo Neame, Katie Gregson-Macleod, Lauren Auder, Liz Lawrence, Split Chain, Tara Lily, The Nightingales, Tom A. Smith, VENUS GRRRLS and unpeople - will receive top-up tour support of up to £8,000 from the proceeds of £300,000 collected by the LIVE Trust, as part of a voluntary ticket contribution donated from arena and stadium shows.

UKAT was launched this year in partnership with the Music Managers Forum (MMF) and Musicians’ Union (MU) to address the “cost of touring crisis”, where the fixed costs for artists to perform in small and medium-sized venues outweigh the income received through ticket sales or guarantees.

In total, 75 artists have now received funding since UKAT was launched in March 2026, supporting more than 600 live shows around the UK.

Among the Phase Two awardees are nine artists from the North East, Tees Valley and West Yorkshire, co-funded as the result of a partnership between the FAC and the Northern Music Export Office (NMEO).

They are: Amelia Coburn, EEVAH, Finn Forster, IRKED, Marketplace, Smith & Liddle, THE HOWLING, Tom A. Smith and VENUS GRRRLS.

This expansion of the UKAT fund has been coordinated by Generator, the North’s leading music development organisation.

UKAT is open to artists from all backgrounds, all parts of the UK, all genres and all career stages. UKAT seeks to ensure artists can present their artistic work and vision in the manner in which audiences are intended to experience it.